Monday morning, after what was a good nights sleep and no more sightings of bedbugs we managed to catch the 7.15am bus to Melaka. Journey was trouble free and we arrived in Melaka. Made our way to the Old Town Guesthouse in Bukit Cina, we chose this guesthouse as it had excellent reviews on trip advisor and there was no mention of bedbugs much to Helen and Nicks relief. The guesthouse is run by a family, Christophe and Lee Sun who have 2 children and their little...

On arrival at Mersing, as our boat was many hours late the tide was low so there was no chance of our boat docking so lots of little rib boats had to come and collect us and our bags. This involved a long wait and viewing lots of Chinese/Malaysians being seasick... Not a pleasant sight! Finally, once we were on land we headed to Omars Backpackers as recommended by Lonely Planet for being a 'tidy, clean and social backpackers pad'.  Omar seemed to be a nice pers...

Our journey to Tioman was a tortuous journey, we were both tired from the lack of sleep, the Ferry was absolutely freezing due to the a/c system! On approaching Pulau Tioman we felt as if we were approaching the haunted island in Pirates of the caribbean with it's eerie fog surrounding the island. The boat missed our stop, as obviously the crew must have asked what stop people wanted and we just 'ignored them'. Nick got into a strop and Helen was trying to be co...

Our first entry from outside of the UK, first stop is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia flying with Air Asia. Helen had a very emotional 24 hours prior to departing as her family dog, Meg had to be put to sleep due to her failing health. She is now over Rainbow Bridge with Jennifer, Ben and Storm alive and healthy again with a smile on her face! On the day of departure, we were in Cardiff and had Brunch at Fino Lounge with Nicks family, we grabbed the opportunity to feast...

Now that Helen has written about how she feels and what she is looking forwards to, I felt inclined to do my part so here we go! The top 5 places I am most looking forward to and why: 1) Philippines (my sister's extended family are from the Philippines and I love how Rey's family are a close knit family) 2) Guatemala (an old friend stayed there for a couple of years and wrote me emails about her stay, it sounded amazing from her emails and made me ...